Amtrak power loss at Rahway leaves commuters stranded on trains for hours

Facebook lit up with family members relating their loved ones struggles to get home.

News12 NJTrains were as much as four hours late getting commuters home last night.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY– Amtrak has resolved signal problems that caused delays for last evening's commuters, affecting several rail lines mostly on the Northeast Corridor. An Amtrak spokesman says the signal problems were centered near Rahway.

Although NJ Transit is stating that the delays lasted only 90 minutes on some trains, commuters getting off Northeast Corridor trains at Metuchen were upset at the evening's slowdown.

Facebook lit up with family members relating their loved ones struggles to get home. Caitlin Mollison had a long commute. She wrote, "It took me four hours to get home tonight. Curse you, NJTransit!"

After Daniel Cea finally got off the train, his wife Sue wrote, "Dan? Daniel Cea, where are you? Wasn't your train supposed to be here three hours ago?"

NJ Transit had cancelled several departures from New York City on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. They did cross-honor bus and train tickets on PATH trains between New York and New Jersey.